Janeal — girls' name

What the Data Says About Janeal

The Social Security Administration has registered 315 babies named Janeal between 1938 and 2011, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janeal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janeal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Janeal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Janeal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janeal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 315 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.